Re:Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown ...
by skewedmap on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @07:02AM
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This “data” is missing well over half of europe. Why.
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Re:Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown ...
by dutchmartin on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @07:13AM
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Because some countries have reasonable doubts about this type of data collection considering people’s privacy and or do not publish this data.
Re:Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown ...
by skewedmap on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @07:26AM
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Thanks for the clarification - I thought it might be the usual exclusion of central and eastern european nations, despite data being collected by google.
Re:Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown ...
by Symbiote on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @07:47AM
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I'm sure it's the usual ignoring of Eastern Europe.
Google publish data for everywhere. (At least, I see Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia... )
Re:Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown ...
by skewedmap on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @08:03AM
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I know, I was being sarcastic. This article should be flagged as it has no scientific meaning in the context of ... “European countries” as it ignores quite a chunk of data.
Re:Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown ...
by absolutelyrad on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @07:25AM
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Google has information via Google Location Services. Have they stopped publishing public stats?